I guess I'm getting rather jaded. Are there no satellites in the Southern Hemisphere? Wayno

The other thing of note is that during Speed Week more than 1/2 the participants and probably 3/4's or more of the spectators would of already been back home after the first 3-4 days of running. Those guys all seem to stay to the very end. Good on them ,

Bunked at the Colonial Motel in Morgan SA. Truck has lost low beam and I got tired of using the indicator to see the white line whenever there was an approaching vehicle. I washed the outside of the truck and trailer but even though we had a shower at the 'Gutta we're filthy again because the inside was so dusty.

The track was poor,we learnt stuff and now have some more dots we can put on a graph.

Numbers were down so for those who could there was up to four runs a day on the main track.

We ran three times.

On my first run I.............

Logged

Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why...................

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller

Wellthe car was having some issues, It was running rich for the first run until the end where it ran a bit lean,the Doc will explainTurns out it wouldn't pull the 2:14s. who would've thoughtso we changed the gear set. final run , still running rich, ran well in the first mile, broke down in the second mile, picked up in the thirdlooks like the battery isolator switch was causing some problems and the rotation sensor has failed asit wouldn't start when we got it back to the pits.probably will not be taking it to Bonneville this year unless the post office delivers a bucket of moneyHome now, sunburned and tired, emptying the van and washing the salt offOur main sponsor (only sponsor) supplied us with a reflective cover to put over the tank that kept it cool in the sunOh and it looks like I'm chief motorcycle steward again for another year. And your President, well the SCTA president, Scott Andrews dropped by for a look and a couple of Tim Tam SlamsG